Repairs and Set-ups
This is a partial list of Repairs and Set-ups available. Contact me for more information.
Instrument Repairs and Set-ups
Bridge Cutting
Peg Fitting/New Pegs
Wittner Finetune Peg Fitting
Pegbox Bushing
Soundpost reset/New soundpost
Fingerboard shooting(re-surfacing)/New Fingerboard
New Nut/saddle/Endpin bushing/New Endpin
Neck reset/graft/reshape
Bass bar glue/new
Crack repairs/Seam repairs
Varnish issues/touch-up
Soundpost patch for soundpost cracks
Sound adjustments
Sound/buzz trouble-shooting
Bow Rehairs and Repairs
This is a partial list of Bow Services available. Contact me for more information.
Bow Rehairs
Leather grip replacement
Tip replacement
Silver/silk winding replacement
Guitar Repairs and Set-Ups
Neck reset
Headstock repair with backstrap reinforcement
Crack repair
Reglue braces
Bridge repairs/reglue/custom new bridge
Set up/Action diagnosis
Fretwork/Fretboard work
Biomechanics
violinistinbalance.org
The above link is a study conducted in a music conservatory in The Netherlands addressing the different set-ups that different violin/viola students needed.
I stock a range of different chin rest shapes. The height of the chin rest can also be customised by fitting wood to the bottom of the feet to raise it if necessary. This is ideally conducted with the teacher’s input also.